Washington • Federal prosecutors said in a new court filing that President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen should spend significant time in prison - saying his assistance to investigators probing the president does not outweigh his past crimes.
The filing was made Friday as Cohen prepares to be sentenced next week in two separate cases, one involving campaign finance violations and lying to a bank, and another in which he admitted to lying to Congress about efforts during the 2016 presidential campaign to get a Trump Tower built in Moscow.
Cohen had asked for a sentence of no prison time, citing his cooperation with investigators, but prosecutors for the Southern District of New York filed a memo arguing that he should serve significant time, possibly years, in prison.